GOING THE DISTANCE

Am -  Did a 1000m repeats workout.  I struggled today. I wasn't able to run since friday morning cause I was backpacking in the Grand Canyon, and I think that was part of it.  I was just a bit out of shape.  So yeah, I did 3 repeats.  Then I gave the 300's a shot and did much better, i think cause that more anaerobic.  Threw down some solid 39's/40's on those.  Didn't get to lift weights because me and Alex had to go get our physicals for next year. 6 miles total.

Pm -  went out in the desert for my afternoon run.  It was pretty sweet.  Coming back home I had an experience that raised hell.  Also, as I passed the golf course, I found 4 golf balls.  That's like a new record for me.

Something that raised hell today:  I was on my run and running through some sand when I saw some fresh snake tracks.  I stopped to check em out.  I followed them to a hole.  There was a long stick next to the whole so I stuck it in and a huge snake popped out a different hole somewhere.  Wow, that was sketchy.

Am -  cold morning run 4

Pm -  Panther Relays today.  I'm not gonna lie, i usually love track meets.   But this one kinda sucked.  First of all my legs were still feeling hammered.  So my races in the distance Medly (1600), 4x800, 4x100, and 4x400 weren't too hot.  Also the wind was absolutely horrible.  Especially with it blowing my long hair all in my face and stuff.  The wind was also blowing around a bunch of crap so I was sneezing a ton.  Good meet to get through.  6.25 total.

Am - 4 easy.  It even sprinkled a bit of rain.

Pm -  we ran up into green springs and passed my house, then down through old Washington and back to school.  We did a nice fartlek workout on the run.  My legs still are feeling super tired and hammered, but they felt a bit fresher after I rolled out a lot.  We saw my dog when we passed my house, that was cool.  7.9 miles.

Cool fact of the day:  there is a documentary called Hasselhoff vs. Berlin Wall.  It's highly recommended by Mr. Holt Sr.

Am -  same old Starbucks 4 miler.  Colder than usual.

Pm -  today was a nice pre-race run.  We did our normal shoe run route passed Joy's house.  When we got to the wood bridge to cross a stream, there was city workers doing stuff to it.  So we took a detour in the river and found something that raised hell.  At the Ellsworth's house we dropped off a foam minecraft sword, lol.  And then yeah, we got back and did our 200's.  We also practiced a lot of handoffs for the 4x400 on Saturday.  7 miles total.

SOMETHING THAT RAISED HELL TODAY:  we found a freakin dead beaver in the river!  Dang man, that was really something.  I even grabbed it.

Am -  nice and slow run in the morning, 3.5 miles

Pm -   Meet at Desert Hells today.  I did the 1600 meter.  Ya know, I think I prepared pretty good for this race.  I didn't really give myself enough time to warm up though.  In the race, I had a solid first two laps.  I was right behind jaiden from desert hells.  Then on the last two, I totally lost focus.  My mind wasn't even in it, I was not racing at all.  It was just a crappy race for me.  I hardly kicked it in to the finish.  Whatever, it sucks but all I could go is look forward.  One interesting thing though looking at this race is how much I have improved as a runner.  I mean, this race was pretty sucky for me, yet I still ran a 4:33!  That's faster than my PR last year.   I find that very interesting. 6 miles total

Pm -  my only race today was the 4x400m.  So until then I did a nice 4.4 run, chilled a lot, ate a small lunch, then finally did a small warmup.  We dropped the baton at PV invite 2 weeks ago so we really needed to qualify this for state.  Colton went first, then Skylar.  The time on the clock seemed slower than it needed to be so I was doubting if we would get the time.  Then Paul got the baton.  By this point we were already like 150 meters ahead.  Then it was me and I just busted my balls and gave it all I had.  After I finished, my feet were flammin hot and I quickly took off my spikes. Anyways, we ended up not qualifying by .4 seconds, bummer.  But we got first place medals!  6.65 miles total today.